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6th class graduation

More photographs from the 6th class graduation. A great day :-)

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Winners!

Well done to the best dressed for World Book Day!

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World book day

The school dressed up for World Book Day and also told us about their books. Some fantastic costumes!

Pancake Tuesday!

The Senior room enjoyed some pancakes today! :-)

Titanic

The senior room learned all about the Titanic the last few weeks. We all contributed to making a display about it.We are currently reading a novel about the Titanic also.

Grandparents mass

We held a prayer service for Grandparent's Day. We all had a lovely day.

Quiz team

Congratulations to the quiz team from the senior room who came third in the tight Credit Union quiz in Ballaghaderreen. Well done for all the hard work.

Quiz teams

Well done to both quiz teams who participated in the recent Credit Union Quiz in Ballaghaderreen.

St. Brigid's crosses

The senior room were busy today making St. Brigid's crosses.

Winner!

Well done to Charlie Sweeney who won a recent Connacht novice boxing competition. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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MEP visit

Matt Carthy visited the senior room today. We invited him to our room as part of the blue-star programme. We are delighted he accepted our invitation . We had Q and A sessions and then he asked us questions about the European Union and our work on the blue-star flag to date. Thanks to Matt for a very enjoyable, informative visit.

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Get up, Stand up

Congratulations to the 6th class who participated and completed the programme, Get up, Stand up. The programme aims to build resilience and help with their transition to secondary school.

County final Quiz

Well done to the quiz team who came 5th out of 17 teams who participated. They are a fantastic representation of our school.

Winners!

Well done to Charlie and Kyle who came first in their categories in the recent Credit Union Art competition. A fantastic achievement!

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Karate grading

Well done to Leon, Patrick , Callum, Lee and Dylan who recieved their karate gradings at the weekend. They showed us their belts and certificates.

Well done!

Congratulations to the 6th class quiz team of Kasey, Robert, Michal, Michael and Patrick who came second in the libray quiz in Ballaghaderreen. They are now through to the county final. Fantastic news!

Congratulations !

Congratulations to Callum, Patrick and Leon who complete in the recent Kata competition. Well done!

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We won!

We are delighted to have been as one of the schools to recieve a free Rinka session. We are looking forward to it. :-)

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Halloween costumes

Well done to everyone for their fantastic efforts dressing up for Halloween. We loved everyones costumes . Happy Halloween :-)

More Halloween Art!

The Junior room made some scary black cats for Halloween.

Halloween art

The middle room created some Picasso witches!

Story-telling

The senior room enjoyed partaking in a story telling session in Ballaghaderreen library.

Rugby World Cup 2019

The senior room have being learning all about the Rugby World Cup this week in school. They each received a country that is participating in the World Cup and made projects based on their country. They then presented them to their class. Everyone was so impressed with the projects.

Come on Ireland!!!!!!

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Junior Infants

Congratulations to our new junior infants who started In Tibohine School this week, The start of an exciting journey!

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Summer holidays

Have a great Summer :-)

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6th class last day

June 2019- Our current 6th class finished up today - Lisa, Cillian and Conor. They will be greatly missed at Tibohine school. We wish them the very best of luck in their new schools.

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5 star centre flag

June 2019- We raised our "5 star centre" flag today. A big thanks to past pupil Seanie Mc Dermott " Seanie Mac " for coming to our school to raise our flag. Seanie and Padraic Mitchell had a match with the students after. We also held our end of year party today. Everyone had great fun.

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Surprise visitor!!

June 2019- The school were delighted to receive a visit by the Nestor Cup!! Congratulations to the Roscommon football team on winning the Connacht final. Many thanks to Padraic Mitchell for bringing the cup to the school. The kids were delighted to see it.

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Group cycle

June 2019- The Senior room enjoyed their last group cycle today with Roscommon Sports Partnership. Many thanks to Noel . They have really enjoyed the last few weeks.

SEAI workshop

June 2019- Lisa from Green Schools did 2 energy workshops today for the whole school. She did loads of experiments and the students got to participate also.

School tour-middle room

June 2019- The middle room enjoyed their school tour to Lough Key Forest Park. They did the Boda Borg , received a tour of Lough Key Forest Park and went to the playground also.

5 -star G.A.A. excellence flag

June 2019- We received the G.A.A. flag of excellence during the week. We are one of few schools in the county to receive one. We love participating in G.A.A. games and activities.

Senior room school tour

June 2019- The Senior room had a great school tour at Bay Sports in Athlone.

Well done!

June 2019- A massive well done to Patrick Gaynor in 5th class who came first in the recent G.A.A. skills test.

A fantastic achievement.

Blue flag

June 2019-We were delighted to recieve our Blur Star Certificate and blue flag. We really enjoyed participating in this programme.

Slow Down Compaign

May 2019- The school had their slow down day today as part of our Slow Down Campaign. We invited the local Community Guard Martin Coyle, Green-schools education officer Lisa Mc Daniel and the traffic corps from Roscommon. The traffic corp showed us how to use the speed gun and we checked the speeds from some of the cars passing. 2 cars were doing in excess of 90km/h. The limit is 80 km/h. We hope that people will be more aware of their speed outside the school.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bookmark Competition

May 2019...Congratulations to the competition winners for our bookmark competition . Each received a prize and book fair vouchers. It was very hard to pick the winners. Well done to everyone.

Book fair

The Scholastic Books book fair will take place in the school for the week starting Monday 27th May-31st May. There is an offer on -3 for the price of 2, the cheapest book free.

Europe Day

May 2019- The school took part in the "National handshake for Europe". This symbolises the unity of the countries in the European Union.

Cumann na mBunscol

Well done to Tibohine N.S. football team who partook in the Cumann na mBunscol today in Cootehall.

MEP visit

April 2019 : We welcomed MEP Luke Ming Flanagan to our school as part of the blue star programme. He told us about his job and we also had the opportunity to ask him questions. We learned a lot and found it very interesting. Many thanks to Luke for visiting.

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Soccer blitz

April 2019- We had a great day in Lecarrow at a soccer blitz.

Soccer blitz

Heritage expert

April 2019- We welcomed Chris to our school. She was talking to us about Táin Bó Cuailnge. Some of the class helped her to act out it. She was helping us to prepare for the Táin March that will take place at Rathcroghan in May.

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Something fishy programme

The class enjoyed a visit from Arnold as part of the Something Fishy programme. He works with Inland Fisheries. He gave a fantastic presentation about fish. We learned so much and loved hearing about his job. He also brought in small animals that live in the river. We got to see the mayfly and a caddis. We really enjoyed his visit.

April 2019

Confirmation

Congratulations to 6th class who celebrated their Confirmation yesterday at Ballinagare church. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Basketball

Well done to both the girls and boys basketball teams who competed in the recent basketball tournament in Castlerea.

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Senator visit- March 2019

We welcomed Senator Maura Hopkins to our school today. We invited her to our school as part of the Blue Star Programme. Over the past few months, we have been learning about the European Union. She spoke about her job and also being part of the Council of Europe. We learned so much today and was great to get an insight into her job. We were delighted to welcome her to our school.

World Book Day

The school dressed up as the characters from their books. They also spoke about their favourite book to their class. We loved listening to the book reviews.

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World Book Day

Pictures from the junior and middle room.

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Gaa coaching

All classes enjoyed G.A.A. coaching from Ollie Lennon and Padraic Mitchell. They played ground hurling and a rounders game. .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Some of the Senior class doing their exercises.

Retreat

The Confirmation class of Cillian, Conor and Lisa recently went on a retreat to the Fr. Peyton Centre in Attymass , with their teacher Ms. Mc Crann. They had a great day and enjoyed learning about Fr. Peyton and participating in acivities throughout the day. A big thank you to Fr. Steve and Ester for the warm welcome and a very enjoyable day.

Credit Union Quiz

Congratulations to our 2 quiz teams who competed in the local Credit Union quiz last Friday in St. Nathy's college. We out in a lot of hard work for the quiz.Picured are Eva, Michal,Aaron and Leon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Lisa, Cillian, Robert and Lisa who came an amazing third in the u-13 Credit Union quiz.

Carole Service

We really enjoyed our carol service. Here are some pictures from it.

Nollaig Shona Duit :-)

Quiz team- County Finals

Massive congratultions to the Tibohine N.S. quiz team of Cillian Harrington, Lisa Lenahan, Robert Perrie, Patrick Gaynor and Conor O'Brien. They came an impressive fourth in the county final library quiz :-)

Credit Union Art Competition winner!

Congratulations to Conor O' Brien in 6th class, who won the recent Credit Union Art Competition in his category. We are so proud of him! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E.U. Countries

The Senior room presented projects on the countries of the European Union. As part of the Blue Star Programme, we are learning all about the European Union.

Music through the ages

Simon O' Dwyer from the heritage council visited our school on Wednesday. We learned all about music through the ages. He played various instruments for us. We really enjoyed it.

Library Quiz

Congratulations to the Tibohine N.S. quiz team of Patrick Gaynor, Conor O' Brien, Lisa Lenahan, Cillian Harrington and Robert Perrie, who took part in the library quiz in Ballaghaderreen library. They have qualified for the county final quiz which will be held in Roscommon library in the coming weeks.

Science week

Science week took place this week. All classes took part in activities.

We made a Newton colour wheel. We planted cress seeds to show that plants need water and light to grow. We carried out experiments to see if stirring affected dissolving, of sugar in water, does temperature affect dissolving of sugar in water and the solubility of sugar, baking soda and salt. We investigated materials that rust and how long it takes them to rust.

We mixed vinegar and baking soda to show that carbon dioxide is produced.

Halloween in the middle room

The children in the school dressed up for Halloween. There were some great costumes . Happy Halloween :-)

Halloween in the Senior Room

Halloween in the Junior room

Maths week in the Senior room

Maths week ran from the 15th to the 19th of October. Each class enjoyed numerous fun maths activities. Each room completed maths trails. Maths is all around us :-)

Maths week in the middle room

Maths week in the Junior Room

Heritage experts

We welcomed 2 heritage experts to our school today (10th of October 2018) , Jonathon and Fionn. We learned about mammals in Ireland and in other countries . Both Jonathon and Fionn have travelled the world and we loved listening to their stories and learning about animals that they met on their travels.

Musicians!

Jonathon and Fionn also played instruments for us. They played the fiddle and the guitar. They played a traditional Irish song and also one about a Banshee. We loved clapping along .

Games

They played many traditional games with us.

Senior room's visit to Ballaghaderreen library.

Ms. Mc Crann's room returned to see story- teller and illustrator -Wayne O' Connor. We thoroughly enjoyed it again :-)

Middle room's visit to Ballaghaderreen library.

Mr. Regan's room enjoyed a trip to the local library to listen to story-teller and illustrator, Alan Nolan.

Welcome!

A big welcome to our new Junior Infants, the start of your Tibohine School journey!

End of Year party

We held our end of year party. Michael was the DJ and we were dancing to music all day. Attendance certificates were presented to the children in the school who missed 2 days or less during the year. The Communion class and Confirmation class were presented with lovely cakes. We will miss 6th class and wish them the best of luck in Secondary school . We also got a piece each. We also ate pizza. We had such a great day :-)

Raising the Green Flag

At the end of year party, Fintan Cregg from the Roscommon football team kindly raised the Green Flag. We told him about all our hard work we did during the year for it. He also took photographs with the Green Schools Committee and the football and basketball teams. He also had a friendly game of football with the students.

Winners of Basketball Tournament

Well done to our 5th & 6th class boys who won the basketball tournament in Roscommon in their category. They played 4 schools in the group stages and then proceeded to the final. It was a very tight game and they won by a point in the end. Well done :-)

Basketball tournament

Well done also to our girls basketball team and the boys 3rd & 4th class basketball teams. We enjoyed watching them play and had a great day out.

Cumann na mBunscol

Well done to our boys school football team who made it to the semi-finals of the Cuman na mBunscol. Unfortunately it was not our day. Amazing well done to everyone for making it to the semi-final.

School tour

The Middle Room and the Senior room both enjoyed their school tour to Shannon Rooskey Adventure Centre. They took part in many activities; kayaking, jumping off a pier,the mudslide, archery, climbing and an obstacle course. They really had a fantastic day.